CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2016

AccurateRip collects data from all drives, normally this is only used to verify a disc is accurate, but can be reversed to calculate which drives are the most accurate (as measured by lowest % inaccurate tracks).

This test was previously run in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 and 2006, as time goes on more submissions give a greater meaning to the results, only drives with over 4000 submissions and 40 users are used.

CD Ripper and device manager reports the one I just bought as ATAPI iHAS124 F. I had one CD that I still hadn't gotten the last two tracks to read, and the new drive successfully read one of them. It's still grinding away on the last track. I don't have much hope there.

But it seems to work better than the LG Blu-Ray drive I had been using.

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PX-230A seems to have fallen way behind. I can write from personal experience that it is still the best Plextor audio ripper to date. In addition to the PX-230A I own (and subsequently have tried ripping with) the PX-760A, PX-130A, PX-320A, PX-116A, PX-708A, PX-712A, PX-W4824TA and PX-W1210A drives. They all fail with many discs that the PX-230A reads without errors. Instead of spending money on all these other drives I could have bought another PX-230A all along and would be better off.

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It is great to see a DVD drive at the top of the list that is not only available, but available at a very reasonable price.

It is also good to see the Matshita not at the top of the list! I have one, and it does give an AccurateRip on the vast majority of discs. However it is not particularly fast, and there are a few Copy Controlled discs that it doesn't want to know.

If the Lite-On / Atapi gets anywhere near my old ide LightScribe Lite-On, and hopefully it can at least match it, then it should prove a bargain for anyone wanting great DAE, and fast accurate ripping of all discs.

I don't have any connection to Lite-On, simply tried a number of drives, and the LH-20A1L is simply the one that has worked best for me. YMMV.

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Originally Posted by Oggy

It is great to see a DVD drive at the top of the list that is not only available, but available at a very reasonable price.

It is also good to see the Matshita not at the top of the list! I have one, and it does give an AccurateRip on the vast majority of discs. However it is not particularly fast, and there are a few Copy Controlled discs that it doesn't want to know.

If the Lite-On / Atapi gets anywhere near my old ide LightScribe Lite-On, and hopefully it can at least match it, then it should prove a bargain for anyone wanting great DAE, and fast accurate ripping of all discs.

I don't have any connection to Lite-On, simply tried a number of drives, and the LH-20A1L is simply the one that has worked best for me. YMMV.

Some good feedback from another forum. After the publication of the 2016 list, someone bit the bullet and bought the Atapi / Lite-On ihas 124. He reported that it successfully ripped a disc that three other drives and other attempted methods had failed on.

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Haha! That would be me Oggy,lol I tend to read here more often than post
Using Spoon's 'Defective By Design' with the 124 worked on the following compact discs, where three other drives I have failed (errors, empty files) so for me the 18 bucks from Amazon was worth it just in case I run into any other PIA CC discs
Delerium-Karma 1995 US EMI MFG 2 Disc Deluxe
Peter Gabriel-Up Advance Promo UK 2002 EMI UDEN
Thanks again Oggy for the Rec on this drive
I use two in tandem, the other an external Super Writemaster

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Originally Posted by c-eling

Haha! That would be me Oggy,lol I tend to read here more often than post
Using Spoon's 'Defective By Design' with the 124 worked on the following compact discs, where three other drives I have failed (errors, empty files) so for me the 18 bucks from Amazon was worth it just in case I run into any other PIA CC discs
Delerium-Karma 1995 US EMI MFG 2 Disc Deluxe
Peter Gabriel-Up Advance Promo UK 2002 EMI UDEN
Thanks again Oggy for the Rec on this drive
I use two in tandem, the other an external Super Writemaster

Small world, I recognise the name now! It is good to have up to date feedback on a drive that is cheap, and available - pleased it has worked well for you.

I recently had an internal drive malfunction, and want to replace my internal drive. Originally I was in a hurry to finish some work so I tried my local Best Buy Geek Squad. In their store they had two drives available -- an LG (internal and external variations) and an HP, the latter of which the Geek person suggested against, from personal experience. I believe DBPA generally recommends using a drive with C2 capability. but neither the stand-alone external LG model nor the internal LG model seems to offer C2 capability.

Do any or most of the top models include a C2 capability? (I do all of my ripping from a stationary desktop PC.)
Should I limit my choice to a drive with C2?

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I recently had an internal drive malfunction, and want to replace my internal drive. Originally I was in a hurry to finish some work so I tried my local Best Buy Geek Squad. In their store they had two drives available -- an LG (internal and external variations) and an HP, the latter of which the Geek person suggested against, from personal experience. I believe DBPA generally recommends using a drive with C2 capability. but neither the stand-alone external LG model nor the internal LG model seems to offer C2 capability.

Do any or most of the top models include a C2 capability? (I do all of my ripping from a stationary desktop PC.)
Should I limit my choice to a drive with C2?

Thanks.

I've achieved either a Secure rip or an AccurateRip with drives that both do, and do not support C2 pointers fully, and that is the desired result. I couldn't tell you which drives on the current list give full support, but was pleased to see that a drive that is still available for under £15, is top of the list, and had good feedback - see c-elings post, above.

I've also had good results from HP, LG, TSST and Matshita drives. My favourite is an older Lite-On (Atapi), simply because for me it ripped the fastest of the drives I own, and ripped a Copy Controlled disc that other drives wouldn't. For me it performed better than the Matshita, which was the previous top of the list drive.

C2 pointers or not, slightly faster ripping or not, an AccurateRip is an AccurateRip, so any number of drives will serve you well. A different spare, a good idea.

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I have several questions:
1. Can the various readily available SATA versions of the top-rated ATAPI iHAS124 drive be considered comparable in accuracy?
2. Any real reason to use the cache size as buying factor? Newegg list a 512kb model @ $20 & a 1MB model @ $60, while Amazon lists a 1.5MB SATA Buffer Memory @ $21,all are Lite-On 24X DVD burner iHAS124-04. Also Amazon says newer model is iHSA124-14 no cache specified @ $20.
3. I want to put this internal SATA optical disc drive in an external enclosure with SATA to USB adapter to serve as hi res burner for a Surface Pro 3. All the enclosures seem to have their own power supply & a fan ( makes sense for a 5.25" drive that won't run off USB power alone like the slim drives). But fans & power supplies seem like potential sources of noise that could affect recording. I don't see any highly rated (or even rated) external ODD's in the 2016 list, so this seems like only solution. Please point out alternatives if I am wrong, and any suggestions for enclosures is appreciated.
4. My friend has a Mac mini w/o ODD. I don't see the latest Apple SuperMulti USB drive on the list. Any experience with accuracy on this or any alternatives I can pass on to him?
This is my first post & I am very grateful for your help.